Is it me or does reddit feel, weird? : reddit

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Is it me or does reddit feel, weird? (self.reddit)

submitted 3 months ago by jystfact to c/[email protected]

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So I checked out reddit after a long time and was going through the top of r/videogames subreddit and I could clearly see a pattern in most of the posts there. Posts were mostly like "what game ______ for you?" or "what game _____ like this?" Now I could be wrong but it doesn't feel 'organic' (if that's correct way to put it). It's like these are put up intentionally. Thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it feels very repetitive.
Only some niche subs like r/sysadmin are somewhat normal. But even those niche subs are becoming this weird version.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

i think the problem is you went back to reddit, giving them additional traffic and supporting their removedry.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You are right to feel weird. It's gotten progressively worse over the years, but it's essentially just a website full of bots and karmafarming accounts. They contribute absolutely nothing except gaining reddit clicks and comments.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I mean I'd argue that's how any even moderately sized social media system feels. It's because it drives clicks. Influencers, Youtubers, sites, they all crave to do more of this because it gets the cash rolling in, and it's a business after all.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Telegram is just lousy with crap posts and comments now as well.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

9gag memes were similar.

[-] invisiblegorilla 2 points 3 months ago

Its probably buzzfred trying to scam a story out of someone

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Its been weird for a few years now ever since they started shutting down the more triggery subs and those folks were left to spread out into the general population

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